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A Report on HRM Challenges

Presented by;

Sangam Kumar Patra

Astha School Of Management

MBA, 2nd Sem

What is Challenge ? A call to take part in a contest or competition……

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What is a Challenge for HRM ?

Now a days HR duties & responsibility has become a

challenge for HRM to compete with global

competitors(MNCs) & to sustain in the diversified

economy.

HRM Challenges…

Globalization

Handling Multicultural / Diverse Workforce

Employee Selection

Training & Development

Balance with Work Life

Retaining Talents

Conflict Managing

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How “Globalization” affects to HRM challenge….

How to face competition from MNCs is a worry for Indian

firms.

As globalization spreads, more foreign firms are entering Indian

market and the challenge Before domestic firms are going to be

much more severe in the years to come.                                    

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Handling Multicultural / Diverse Workforce

Dealing with people from different ‘age’, ‘gender’, ‘race’,

‘educational background’, ‘location, income’, ‘parental

status’, ‘religious beliefs’, ‘marital status’ and

‘ancestry’ and ‘work experience’ can be a challenging

task for HR managers.

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Conflict Managing

HR managers should know how to handle employee-employer and

employee-employee conflicts without hurting their feelings.

Although it is almost impossible to avoid conflicts among people still

handling them tactfully can help HR managers to resolve the issues.

They should be able to listen to each party, decide and communicate to

them in a convincing manner in order to avoid future conflicts.

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Retaining Employee… Globalization has given freedom to working professionals

to work anywhere in the world

Now that they have endless lucrative opportunities to work, hiring and retaining the best industry talent is no joke.

providing excellent work environment and offering more remuneration and perks than your competitors can retain and motivate them.

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Retaining Employees - Protecting Your Most Important Asset.FLV

Balance with work life… Balancing work and life assumes relevance when both Husband and wife

are employed. In India, working women now account for 15% of the total urban female

population of 150 million.

Programmes aiming at work-life balance include:

 Child care at or near the workplace

  Job sharing 

  Sick leave policies

  Flexible work timing

  Care for sick children and employees.

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Employee Selection

External Factors

Recommendations 

Political influence. 

Personal bias 

Pribing

Internal Factors

Cost of recruitment

Job analysis  

Human resource planning

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How to overcome the challenge…..

SUGGESTIONS

Proper HR PLANNING

Facilitation

Ethical Behavior

Coordination

Sympathy & Consideration

Knowledge Of Labour

Academic Qualifications

Fairness

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